Tiberian Dawn

Many excellent games from the past had all it takes to become classics, and they ended up on the verge of not becoming one because one element that was bad. In many cases, it was the music. Games that had complex and innovative gameplay didn’t have good music because it wasn’t as important as other aspects of the game. But those games had one thing, and that is a dedicated modding community and mod-friendly games.

Now, here is an excerpt of the blog that gathered Tiberian Dawn modders that addressed some of the shortcomings of this classic. Read through and see how people in the past affected the games they loved.

Excerpt from the Tiberian Dawn blog No.9

That’s right folks, the latest TD blog is up, and the content is rather good. Everything from Chinooks to insane Belgians is there to be seen! While we’ve gotten used to the TD team’s fantastic models and concept artwork, this week we have a special treat – Music!

Now we move on to the audio portion of this blog. Already even just a week on board the team and NeptuneUK has been hard at work getting those tracks out – he has been busting his chops to produce what are some utterly spiffing pieces of music. I think, and music is a very subjective thing, they have much of the same spirit as the Frank K tracks in the games. They aren’t bland, you don’t just think it’s a cheap rip-off when you hear these, there’s talent behind them, and that makes them sound fresh.

Fresh is what we’re aiming for, new experiences and all that.

So let’s start off here, first, off we have Attrition – a very C&C1 inspired track and while not my favorite of the bunch, it is something I’d like to listen to while pounding down some GDI.

Tiberian Dawn was a highly successful game that hit the market back in 1995. The game survived was so successful that it survived until now and it’s all thanks to an active modding community that stick with the game and updated many of its mechanics.

Now here is an excerpt from an announcement of the new additions to the Tiberian Dawn from a dedicated Serbian modding community.

Tiberian Dawn News Blitz!

Ladies, Gentlemen and all ships at sea, we in the bunker have received fresh intelligence on the work of the Tiberian Dawn mod team! This transmission, intercepted by our counter intelligence post south of Belgrade contains a recording of the interrogation of Duuude007 and Kushan by the fiendish Lord_Kane and One_Winged_Angel. The voice you will hear at the beginning and end of the transmission is that of Nikkita, the one who is to be the voice of EVA in Tiberian Dawn. And to this brother’s ears, it’s spot on!

– Brotherhood’s mobile artillery

Our agents in Serbia also uncovered these highly classified images of the latest addition to the Brotherhood arsenal, mobile artillery! Able to pound GDI bases into dust from well outside their range as well as make a devastating hit and run attacks, striking at the heart of the foe before retreating to safety behind friendly lines. Brothers, with the power of this new weapon, we cannot fail!

– Ezekiel’s Wheel – Missile launcher

Also, work has begun on what will possibly be the greatest addition to the Nod arsenal in the conflict. Ezekiel’s Wheel! With this devastating new weapon of war, it powerful missile armament and incredible new stealth technology rendering invisible not only to radar but the naked eye and all manner of devices will allow us to strike from nowhere! Truly, GDI will have nowhere to hide from the vengeance of the Brotherhood now!

– Recon bike with missiles

Also seen is the fearsome attack bike. The fastest unit on the battlefield and the staple of Nod recon units this particular butterfly does more than sting. With its heavy armament of twin Dragon missiles not only can it run rings around the lumbering tanks of the GDI mechanized battalions it can blast them apart too!

– Other additions

Our interception team has also uncovered a high-density data package that contains critical data on the Tiberian Dawn project. From Modelling to music and everything in between, it was of great interest to us. And I’m sure it will be to you too, so check out Tiberian Dawn Blog and give it a good read!